17 July

He is made Marshal of France at the coronation of Charles VII.

Gilles de Rais Executed

A Marshal of France who fought beside Joan of Arc was hanged at Nantes in 1440 for murdering children. Can his confession be trusted?

Workmen at the Tower find two children's skeletons under a staircase by the White Tower.

Princes in the Tower Unsolved

In 1483 a twelve-year-old king and his brother vanished inside the Tower of London and their uncle took the crown. What became of them is still debated.

The Marquise de Brinvilliers is executed in Paris for poisoning members of her family.

Affair of the Poisons Executed

Fortune tellers selling 'inheritance powders' to the Paris elite, a secret court lit by torches, and testimony that reached the king's own mistress.